Gentoo update for Symfony

Published: 2014-05-18 | Updated: 2016-09-25

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2012-5574
CWE-ID	CWE-264
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU43247

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5574

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

lib/form/sfForm.class.php in Symfony CMS before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted upload request.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
dev-php/symfony to version: 1.4.20

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

CPE2.3

External links

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.